#BC59D7#BC59D7

#BC59D7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.201 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC59D7
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 215)
HSL	hsl(287, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 58.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 58.48, -47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 75.53, 320.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.1509 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.201 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5755, 22.7439, 66.7402)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC59D7 #74D759

analogous

#7D59D7 #BC59D7 #D759B3

triadic

#BC59D7 #D7BC59 #59D7BC

tetradic

#BC59D7 #D77D59 #74D759 #59B3D7

square

#BC59D7 #D77D59 #74D759 #59B3D7

split-complementary

#BC59D7 #B3D759 #59D77D

monochromatic

#7B2392 #A42FC4 #BC59D7 #D08AE3 #E4BCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BC59D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#BC59D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC59D7

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC59D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC59D7	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6086D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc59d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.201 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38de4',
    500: '#bc59d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc59d7;
$custom-light: #d38de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc59d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6353,
    "c": 0.20138,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC59D7

secondary

#B8DEAD

accent

#E44466

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC59D7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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